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Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#6Y5XG)
The Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti has fallen below MSRP for the first time in the UK.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Y5XH)
Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y5XJ)
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.
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Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too.
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.
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The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#6Y5QN)
Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y5QP)
Intel has once again postponed the launch of its Ohio chip plant, which is now expected in 2031, leaving utility AEP Ohio with an idle $95 million substation.
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Amazon Prime Day is on the near horizon, but you don't need to wait to get a great price on Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#6Y5N8)
Users report widespread failures after installing the IT5701/5702 RGB controller update, with some motherboards refusing to boot.
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An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y5KW)
Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.
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The Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX launched 20 years ago, today, and it marked a ground-breaking achievement at the time for the green team.
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The University of Massachusetts at Amherst worked with MIT researchers to create a cost-effective way to repair bridges and extend their lives until they can be replaced.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y559)
The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China.
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Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Y53S)
Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to a 30% performance improvement over version 5.4 of the same engine while boasting improved visual fidelity.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Y53T)
A Jasper County citizen was scammed out of $25,000, and the authorities used a power saw to seize the money from a Bitcoin ATM.
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A OneDrive subscriber is in despair after Microsoft suspended their account without reason, and won't respond to inquiries. It was stuffed with 30 years of precious data, deposited as a relocation stop-gap.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Y53W)
YouTuber JayzTwoCents discovered that manually enabling ReBAR in 3DMark can provide a 10% boost in performance, particularly on Intel Raptor Lake-based machines.
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A software engineer on X has built an augmented reality app for Snap's Spectacles, using Google's Gemini AI to identify advertisements and brands in the real world.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Y52R)
The Lisuan G100 has been spotted on Geekbench (OpenCL), where it outputs performance similar to the GTX 660 Ti. That's largely due to early drivers and silicon.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Y52S)
The EAP772-Outdoor Wi-Fi 7 access point can withstand the elements, allowing you to not worry about it after installation.
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A Greek man appealing his judgment in a case involving a 10-plus-year-old torrenting site was handed down an immediate 5-year jail sentence and 11,800 in fines in court this week.
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DC Sets' YouTube channel shows off its 3D printable drill press, which it created to drill holes in brass PCB M2 standoffs.
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WinRAR and Tern are restocking their truly iconic' handbag design after initial sales success.
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MSI has announced a new collection of PC parts themed around the Toy Story films, purchasable only as a boxed set limited to 500 units. The parts, sold with the parts to build a complete PC, will only be available for sale in Taiwan.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Y4SB)
Cloudflare says that it blocked the 7.3 Tbps of junk traffic in mid-May - the largest DDoS attack to happen in recorded history.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Y4R7)
A user on the Chinese online marketplace Goofish is offering what appears to be the Nintendo Switch 2's motherboard for just $124.
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The Acer Predator GM9000 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 drive positioned as a budget entry in an enthusiast market segment.
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Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes arrive for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel.
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The Alienware AW2724DM has a QHD resolution measuring 2560 x 1440px, features a 27-inch IPS panel, and is AMD FreeSync Pro certified.
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Fudan University researchers have allegedly developed a photonics-based multiplexer chip, supporting up to 38 Tbps data transmission. While not yet a full CPU, Chinese industry observers believe China's big breakthrough in photonics will arrive in "three to five years".
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y4Q3)
Intel is outsourcing much of its marketing work to Accenture, aiming to cut costs and automate tasks using AI, which will reshape the company's longtime approach to customer engagement.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y4Q4)
XDC has unveiled a microLED-based optical system that transmits data at one million frames per second through free space using a high-speed display and camera pair.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y4Q5)
Nvidia has secured all available capacity at Wistron's new facility in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, with confirmed orders extending through 2026.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Y4NR)
PowerGPU founder Jese Martinez discovered that his Gigabyte GPU is leaking its thermal gel after switching it out on his personal system.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Y4NS)
Microsoft is planning on removing unwanted/legacy drivers from its Windows update catalog to boost the security of its Windows user base. The first phase of this cleanup will encompass older legacy drivers that already have newer replacements in Microsoft's database.
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Buggy, bloated, and broken PC gaming peripheral software makes me want to buy a console.
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From spudgers to SSD cloners to a charger that you can always keep in your pocket, these seven tech tools make my life easier.
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How messed up is your plug setup for your desk tech? Here's what I think of my solution.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#6Y48B)
Can the $549 Bambu Lab A1 Combo take on the $1,269 Prusa Research MK4S with MMU3? We put these two mighty bed slingers into the ring to find out which 3D printer comes out on top.
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If you can't spend more than around $200 on a discrete GPU, you have three choices these days. We dug in to see if any of them are worth your hard-earned cash.
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Two GeForce RTX 5090D owners share their unfortunate experience with the 16-pin power connector meltdowns.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Y45E)
Northwestrepair received a Zotac RTX 5090 from a customer featuring a missing GPU core and memory chips. The new card represents a new scam where criminals steal RTX 5090 GPU cores and memory modules, leaving customers with a dead graphics card.
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We have the hottest soldering iron tips for you. Learn how to master this essential maker skill as we reveal the secrets of how we solder.
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A team of scientists has managed to 3D print microscopic structures that are designed to dampen sounds for specific frequencies.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Y42S)
Masayoshi Son is planning a $1 trillion AI and robotics industrial hub in Arizona, called Project Crystal Land, and is seeking support from TSMC, Samsung, and the U.S. government.
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The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF just got another price cut, and is now just $229.
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